Ex-Supreme Court Judge, Justice Atu Kalgo, Dies At 89

Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Umaru Atu Kalgo, is dead at 89.

An indigene of the Kalgo Local Government Area of Kebbi State, the retired Jurist died on Monday night.
Until his death, late Justice Kalgo was the former Chairman of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission.
Governor Nasir Idris, in his condolence message to his family, prayed that God would forgive him and grant him Al-Jannatul Firdaus.

He described him as a distinguished son of Kebbi State who devoted his entire life to the service of the nation.

Idris noted that the late Jurist contributed immensely in the High Courts, the Supreme Court and the nation at large.

The Governor added that Kebbi state, the Judiciary and Nigeria have lost a fellow whose vacuum will be difficult to fill.